| Show Chicken Coop Turns Into Dream House ouse I For Energetic Draper Housewife By SALLY DIXON Mr and Mrs A. A Nelson of Draper decided one fine spring day in 1946 they would go into the chicken business and they built a fine ne new w chicken house Then the price of chickenfeed chicken chickenfeed f feed ed suddenly went up so high it made such a venture i impractical practical So said the Nelsons lets let's ts t's forget the whole thing and move in ourselves They did did and there are less chickens chicke 9 in the world today but theres there's one more very attractive home bome In fact there ther are re two more because t the e long foot cinder brick building was divided and the c central heating system was placed in a middle entryway room Plans for the chicken coop dream cottage were somewhat tempered by the wa water er 8 system tem e each ch of the sections having three sets of water connections Thus there was little argument over where bath and kitchen facilities fa- fa facilities facilities fa fa- would be placed but if if planned for that originally they c couldn't have been more more satis satis- factory Laundry facilities arc are arcIn arcin In the huge dressing bathroom-dressing room bright with its red and white shag rugs A butter yellow work table extends from the doorway around the corner atthe of at the room and ends in an open breakfast room Dominating the I furniture in the main room is than anold an anold old wicker set mat Mrs Nelson made new with a c coat at of at white paint and around the edge atthe of at the breakfast bar is a cozy nook with easy chairs and a studio couch which she covered with strip striped d' d material Over the st stripes pes goes goes' a rich red scalloped covering and em embroidered pillows pillows pil pit lows of the same material In front of at the tho couch is a mirrored table Beyond the vast bathroom- bathroom dressing room is a large bedroom which Mrs Nelson also als calls her workroom because here she docs does most of ot the sewing that keeps h her r six grandchildren inthe inthe in inthe the latest fashions Cupboards and closets galore here here here-a a whole No good lumber available available avail avail- able when they remodeled their chicken coop so 80 drapery materials mater materials ma ma- ter als were hung over the wardrobe wardrobe wardrobe ward ward- robe and nd storage wall wan Almost everything In I the r ti aX r r rf f j k r I i r r. r 1 f Jp ff f 1 Ir J e eG i iY f fr r r P y P Y i r i G r rr r rr r p bl y l f l l lI j fit i r f v i F P 9 F 1 t r uc mr PP P y r f c I USES CARTONS Mrs Egbert 0 st stores es 0 leftovers In in cottage cheese containers a dream cottage was something old that w was repainted or or otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise revamped and the bare cinder brick walls were simply sprayed with paint Behind modern modem prints they give an allusion allusion al al- al lusion of at studied Insulation was installed and the row of at high windows le lets lets' winter sunlight into the house The summer sun is higher though and doesn't make the Nelson home too warm Because most chicken houses of ot this large size are constructed in the same way Mrs Nelson says anyone could move cut their chickens and move inIn in In her garden Mrs N Nelson lson who also dabbles refrigerators and real estate when she has a afree afree afree free moment grows peonies and springtime finds the yard swimming wi with poppies of many hues The Nelsons arent aren't sure now v whether they ever will wil go Into the chicken business but if they do it do-it it wont won't be in this chicken house JJ I 7 rr i r l I r d r- r fr i el r x dP P rr r r V Vj j 1 y ry Jr h r 4 J 1 FOWLS LOSE HOME WHEN NELSONS DECIDE TO ROOST THERE When the thc price of ot chicken feed went up the business looked too costly to the Nelson family of Draper so they moved into their I new brand-new chicken coop themselves Its It's attractive easy to take care of at and was very simple to revamp the energetic lady says |
